In the interest of stimulating activity in those old-time strategy games we all know and love, I will be hosting an Age of Empires 2 HD 4v4 Tournament for this upcoming summer.

Important Information

Sign Ups: End 1st of June

General Format: 4v4 Single Elimination

Essentially, every team which signs up for this will be added to a bracket of players, who will each face one other team each week as they progress up the bracket, until eventually one team is left victorious.

For Each week, teams will play in other in a Best of 3 (First to 2) Format*.

*Note, because AoE2 games may range anywhere from 1-3 hours, it is not expected for teams to complete all their matches back to back, or even on the same day. They simply have until the end of the week's deadline to complete all their matches. Should both teams be unable to agree on a specific time, one will be provided by the admin's discretion, and all players who can make such a time will compete to determine the winner of said stage.

Fixtures:
Map: Depends on the week (Each tier of the tournament will have a specific map, such as black forest, arabia, coastal, etc; Nomad will be disallowed.)
Factions: Team's Choice (I am not restricting the factions, it is the players' prerogative to know the inherent strengths/weaknesses of each faction. Likewise, I am not requiring mirrored matches between factions. I believe it is more interesting to allow for wider gameplay. Lastly you can change between games.)
Map Size: Giant
Resources: Standard
Population: 500
Game Speed: Normal
Reveal Map: Normal (Starts Unexplored)
Starting Age: Dark
Ending Age: Imperial
Treaty Length: None
Victory: Conquest
Teams: Locked
All Techs: Off
Team Together: On
Lock Speed: On
Cheats: Off (Duh)

Screenshots will be taken by captains of both teams of

a.) The lobby once all teams have readied up and the match is in the process of being launched
b.) The scoreboard of the overall statistics following the match

or

Record the game and upload the replay file.

The host should have a good enough PC to record in game.

Team Format:

Each Team may consist of four (4) or five (5) players, consisting of 4 starters and one backup in case of emergencies.

Each player is required to have an affiliation with a warband clan (or the game itself) in order to participate. The goal of this tournament is to form a competition between warband players in an RTS style game, rather than attempting to draw 'professional' AoE2 players onto your team in a bid for victory.

It is strongly suggestedthat each player possess, in addition to the game 'Age of Empires II HD', at least [i]one DLC[/i] (Forgotten Empires, African Kingdoms, Rise of Rajas). Those that fail to play without at least one DLC will (as per the game mechanic) be reduced to choosing out of a pool of 6 factions that are randomized. Obviously this may have severe repercussions on their team's overall gameplay. The new ruleset will be considered the default. All 8 players must agree to downgrade.

Prizes:

Now, while I may hope that many players will sign up for this simply to enjoy the game, I am not above a little persuasion as well. Therefore, the winning team of this tournament will receive $80 (US) in steam gift cards as a reward for victory.

PS: To those viewing this thread, you are not required to sign up on the forums nor post on this thread. Simply message myself or Veni with your team, and should you fulfill the requirements, you will be added to the list of teams.

This game is really fun and a mixture between ARK and MB. I highly recommend checking this out and joining in on the fun!

We are currently in the process of researching the various servers kicking around for what will be a fun and ongoing experience for the players. We will be looking at various mods, settings, rules, etc

The past few days have been a very exciting time for all of us working in the background setting up the future of this clan. We currently have a huge list of plans drawn out to take GK back from the grave and further than it has *ever* been before. We will make GK great again!

We are in the very early phases at this time with a ton of moving parts. I would like to go ahead and share a few of the upcoming additions to take us down this path.

GK will depend on all of you to see us through this transition and make it into what it needs to be!

This project will not be done quickly. We will be taking our time to make sure it gets done right the first time around. It is also a massive amount of work to handle as well. You can expect to see additional threads created for help wanted applications for various positions we need filled/help with.

A *huge* shoutout to Sparhawk and Veni who have been essential to this project.

Thank you all for your support and sticking with us!

New Website with Mobile App (Not Setup Yet) @ http://gkserver.us (Please do not register, this is just a teaser) this website is the biggest undertaking of all and will include way too many features to list here